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Welcome to WikiProject Biology, a WikiProject for discussing biology-related articles, editing issues, projects, and guidelines. The purpose of this project is to provide common ground for editors working in all biology-related projects, for seeking advice or requesting help from a broader community of biology editors, and for coordinating the categorization of biology articles. Please join us for discussion!
Overview
WikiProject Biology serves as a metaproject coordinating multiple subprojects. As a whole, WikiProject Biology and its subprojects maintain tens of thousands of articles, categories, templates, and other pages. However, WikiProject Biology itself only directly tags articles which pertain to the science of biology as a whole, which are relevant across many disciplines, or in some cases those which represent the field of biology as a whole to the public.
Related WikiProjects
WikiProject Biology is a daughter project of WikiProject Science. We serve as a meta-project with several subprojects under our purview. The organization of these is presented below in a cladogram. WikiProject Molecular Biology is a proposed merger of WP:BIOP, WP:COMBIO, WP:GEN, and WP:MCB and their taskforces into a single project. This and other merges may change this diagram in the future. See discussion here.
To see activity levels and active editors for these projects, see the Wikiproject Directory tool and look for the project in question. Clicking on a project will give further information.
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Potential projects or work groups:
- WikiProject Reproduction
- WikiProject Developmental biology
- WikiProject Conservation biology
- WikiProject Animal behavior (ethology)
Related non-biology projects (automated list):
Statistics
| Biology articles by quality and importance | |||||||
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| Top | High | Mid | Low | NA | ??? | Total | |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 18 | |||
| 2 | 2 | ||||||
| 17 | 11 | 12 | 33 | 2 | 75 | ||
| B | 11 | 49 | 82 | 173 | 44 | 359 | |
| C | 6 | 84 | 216 | 1,033 | 210 | 1,549 | |
| Start | 8 | 192 | 2,095 | 1 | 527 | 2,823 | |
| Stub | 7 | 861 | 1 | 222 | 1,091 | ||
| List | 3 | 26 | 53 | 14 | 96 | ||
| Category | 3,302 | 3,302 | |||||
| Disambig | 24 | 24 | |||||
| File | 30 | 30 | |||||
| Portal | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Project | 22 | 22 | |||||
| Redirect | 1 | 1 | 2 | 44 | 274 | 322 | |
| Template | 199 | 199 | |||||
| NA | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Other | 182 | 182 | |||||
| Assessed | 43 | 162 | 539 | 4,296 | 4,038 | 1,019 | 10,097 |
| Unassessed | 15 | 15 | |||||
| Total | 43 | 162 | 539 | 4,296 | 4,038 | 1,034 | 10,112 |
| WikiWork factors (?) | ω = 28,067 | Ω = 4.75 | |||||
| 12 edits | Koelreuteria lunpolaensis |
| 10 edits | Coorongite |
| 8 edits | Domestication |
| 7 edits | Function (biology) |
| 7 edits | Definition of life |
| 7 edits | Har Gobind Khorana |
| 7 edits | Margaret D. Lowman |
| 7 edits | Vertebrate |
| 7 edits | William Harvey |
| 7 edits | Elvio Sadun |
These are the articles that have been edited the most within the last seven days. Last updated 27 August 2025 by HotArticlesBot.
See also: WikiProject Biology/Popular pages
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Article assessment
- Assessment – the assessment unit, which provides information about Biology articles rated by quality and importance, and the project's criteria for article quality grading.
Category maintenance
(All stats updated August 15, 2023)
PetScan results (union) for number of articles in English Wikipedia by depth (# subcats deep): 1, 1,580; 2, 15,681; 3, 66,174; 4, 446,785. There are deeper layers containing more articles
Many biology categories are in bad shape. They tend to fill up with articles on minor topics that are better placed in subcategories (or sub-subcategories, etc.). A little maintenance of the top category and 30 subcategories would go a long way towards keeping articles properly sorted. These are listed below.
Main category: Biology (39 C, 50 P)
- Contains 23 articles and 1 media item as of October 17, 2025.
Subcategories:
Container categories - they have no articles, only categories
- Biology by continent (5 C)
- Biology by country (138 C)
- Biology by country subdivision (1 C)
- Biology by dependent territory (5 C)
- Biology by city (1 C)
- Biology in fiction (1 C)
- Works about biology (7 C)
Categories with sub-categories
- Biocides (19 C, 22 P, 1 F)
- Biological censuses (1 C, 14 P)
- Biological classification (9 C, 48 P)
- Biological concepts (7 C, 20 P)
- Biologists (18 C, 3 P)
- Biology-related lists (15 C, 107 P)
- Biology awards (7 C, 121 P)
- Biology conferences (1 C, 21 P)
- Biology controversies (3 C, 20 P)
- Biology and culture (11 C, 29 P)
- Biological descriptions (3 C, 2 P)
- Biological waste (3 C, 6 P)
- Biology education (6 C, 20 P)
- Biology images (2 C, 7 F)
- Biology organizations (19 C, 43 P)
- Biology stubs (25 C, 214 P)
- Biological evolution (15 C, 38 P)
- Biological interactions (7 C, 39 P)
- Biological processes (12 C, 44 P)
- Biological records (6 C, 21 P)
- Biological rules (1 C, 14 P)
- Biological systems (3 C, 26 P)
- Biological techniques and tools (14 C, 81 P)
- Biology terminology (7 C, 138 P)
- Biotechnology (51 C, 420 P)
- Category:Branches of biology (43 C, 42 P)
- Eukaryote biology (4 C, 5 P)
- History of biology (14 C, 46 P)
- Organisms (39 C, 5 P)
- Philosophy of biology (9 C, 40 P)
- Unsolved problems in biology (2 C, 7 P)
Categories without sub-categories
- Biomagnetics (5 P)
- Quantum biology (16 P)
Deleted subcategories
- Biology software merged to Science software
- Bioscience education merged to Biology education
- Standardized tests for Biology merged to Standardized tests and Biology education
Other biology-related categories:
- Biogeography (23 C, 155 P)
- Biology templates (31 C, 53 P)
Worklist
Article Alerts

A list of articles needing cleanup associated with this project is available. See also the tool's wiki page and the index of WikiProjects.
Articles for deletion
- 27 Jun 2026 – Gnathifera (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Hemiauchenia (t · c); see discussion (1 participant)
- 25 Jun 2026 – IUCN Red List data deficient species (Annelida) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by UtherSRG (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
- 25 Jun 2026 – IUCN Red List data deficient species (Chordata) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by DuckWrangler97 (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
- 22 Jun 2026 – Notopalaeognathae (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Hemiauchenia (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
- 22 Jun 2026 – Lactosylceramide alpha-2,3-sialyltransferase (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Mausfield (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
- 21 Jun 2026 – Stem tetrapoda (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Hemiauchenia (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
- 18 Jun 2026 – Makim Nikitin (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Ldm1954 (t · c); see discussion (3 participants; relisted)
- 15 Jun 2026 – Reproductive system (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Riverskip (t · c); see discussion (5 participants; relisted)
- 17 Jun 2026 – Claudia Drees (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Elmidae (t · c) was closed as delete by Eddie891 (t · c) on 25 Jun 2026; see discussion (4 participants)
- 12 Jun 2026 – Comparison of genealogy software (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Dncmartins (t · c) was closed as delete by Star Mississippi (t · c) on 26 Jun 2026; see discussion (10 participants; relisted)
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Categories for discussion
- 18 Jun 2026 – Category:Twin people (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Johnpacklambert (t · c); see discussion
Requested moves
- 23 Jun 2026 – Female reproductive system (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Human female reproductive system by Riverskip (t · c); see discussion
- 17 Jun 2026 – Sex differences in humans (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Sexual dimorphism in humans by Devonian Wombat (t · c); see discussion
Articles to be split
- 23 Mar 2026 – Death (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Altenmann (t · c); see discussion
- 28 Apr 2025 – Organ (biology) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Just-a-can-of-beans (t · c); see discussion
- 11 Mar 2025 – Embryology (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Klbrain (t · c); see discussion
- 28 Sep 2020 – Chronobiology (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Lithopsian (t · c); see discussion
Articles for creation
- 25 Jun 2026 – Draft:Candidatus Cibionibacter quicibialis (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by MarineMumbles (t · c)
- 25 Jun 2026 – Draft:Leaf necrosis (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Believerinplants (t · c)
- 24 Jun 2026 – Draft:The Induced Proximity DicTACtionary (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by CC-885 (t · c)
- 24 Jun 2026 – Draft:BioSTL (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by HerzogSchindler NY (t · c)
- 22 Jun 2026 – Draft:Cara Wall-Scheffler (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by KDmpls777 (t · c)
- 20 Jun 2026 – Draft:CHRNA8 (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by EAAT132 (t · c)
- 16 Jun 2026 – Draft:ALS Network (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Eliu.alsnetwork (t · c)
- 15 Jun 2026 – Draft:Annelise Barron (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by ~2026-35015-40 (t · c)
- 13 Jun 2026 – Draft:Acarinina africana (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by I-make-stuff-lulz (t · c)
- 12 Jun 2026 – Draft:Inger Andersson (biochemist) (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Sproor (t · c)
- (27 more...)
Requests
See WikiProject Biology/Requests for details.
To do
- Change overview to overview, scope, and goals (still called overview)
- Fill in scope information
- Add short/mid/long-term goals
- Merge with the lede
- Fill out cladogram with useful info for each project (Talk, Alerts, Activity)
- Find a nicer way to list non-biology projects
- consider including GMCB projects in the cladogram with a dotted line and a bar labeled GMCB instead of current layout
- Sign up for discussions module
- Set up WPX participant system
- Port names over
- Send out some messages
- Turn see also into resources and flesh out
- Help finding sources
- Guides
- Tools/gadgets
- Getting started guide
- Sign up for suggestbot and get task lists
- Add maintenance schedule to main page
- Set up main page image rotation WIP
- Facelift to WPX layout with proper modules
- Fix template section
- Add a subsection in statistics for subprojects (html issues currently)
Participants
Feel free to add {{User WikiProject Biology}} to your userpage.
| This user participates in WikiProject Biology. |
To join, just add your name at the end of the list at the /Members subpage.
For an automated list of active members of our WikiProject, use WikiProject Directory. For related WikiProjects, see all biology WikiProjects in the Directory tools.
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Resources
Sourcing
Useful Pages
Tools
- User:Evad37/rater--Used for assessment of articles, see WikiProject Biology/Assessment for details
- Wikipedia:HotCat--Used for editing categories on articles
- Wikipedia:PetScan--Used for analyzing and working with categories (but not editing)
- Wikipedia:User scripts/List--A full list of userscripts.
- CladEd--Free tool for creating cladograms (like the one on this page!)
- User:Novem Linguae/Scripts/SpeciesHelper For species articles, automatically adds the short description, speciesbox, category, taxonbar, and stub template.
Templates
{{Portal|Biology}}provides a direct link to the Biology Portal and is added to the See also section of all biology-related articles, which produces:
- {{WikiProject Biology}} is added to the top of talk pages of all biology-related articles, which produces:
- {{subst:Wikipedia:WikiProject Biology/Invitation}} can be used to invite users to the project.
- Template:User_WikiProject_Biology may be placed on a userpage to identify as a user of the WikiProject.